Consistent prevalence of asymptomatic infections in malaria endemic populations in Colombia over time

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Vásquez Jiménez, Juan M ^a   Arévalo Herrera, Myriam ^b,c   Henao Giraldo, Juliana ^a   Molina Gómez, Karen ^a   Arce Plata, Mariá ^b   Vallejo, Andrés F ^b   Herrera, Sócrates ^a,b  

^a Malaria Vaccine and Drug Development Center   (Colombia)

^b Caucaseco Scientific Research Center   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic malaria; Colombia; Epidemiology; Malaria; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALARIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84957572933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1124-x     Document Type: Article

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